Toshi Another voodoo datapoint from me. My Hilsen with Pari Motos has been parked for a couple months. I've been using other bikes for the little riding I've been able to do this Spring. Based in part on this conversation, I decided to use my Hilsen this week. Since it was parked for a couple months I did need to pump up the tires. They were both down at about 25psi, and I pumped them up to 40psi in front and 45psi in back. I did the 1.5 mile ride from office to BART in South Hayward and the 1.5 mile climb from BART to my house in El Cerrito. That was fine. This morning I did the ride in reverse, and I had to walk the last tenth of a mile because my rear tire was flat. I've done the same commute >100 times on my Bombadil with Hetres this year and >1000 times on various bikes over the last 8 years. This was my first time to walk it. It's really like voodoo. I'll get it taken apart and see what the culprit is.
On Monday, May 21, 2012 4:46:20 PM UTC-7, ttoshi wrote: > > I'm thinking about using the Pari-Motos on an event ride. The way I > see it, 1 flat/200k is something I could deal with. 2/200k would > be--argh, but would survive. Another guy on the list claimed he got > one flat every 25 miles--at that rate I would be driven to tears. My > other option are Soma Express tires, which ride just fine in my > training rides. I got one flat at mile 3, but haven't flatted since... > Me + bike and stuff would probably be ~185 lb... > > Toshi > > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 3:18 PM, William <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah, good idea, but no. It's always something different that I'll find > in > > there. Thorn this time, wire next time, glass the time after that. > Each > > time I'd put the tires on, use them for short rides for a few weeks, get > my > > confidence back up, and then at mile 85 of a 200k there I'll be with a > flat. > > Easily fixed and easily diagnosed, but still annoying, since it > practically > > never happens with any other tire. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/O9fnFTF74pAJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
